received by the International Bureau on 06 August 2018 (06.08.2018)

1-6. (Canceled)

7. (New) A system, comprising:

a first sensor on a first end of a vehicle having the first end and a second end, the first sensor being configured to generate corresponding sensor data based on a detected object of a plurality of objects along a direction of movement of the vehicle;

a second sensor on the second end of the vehicle, the second sensor being configured to generate corresponding sensor data based on the detected object of the plurality of objects; and

a controller coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor, the controller being configured to:

compare a time at which the first sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects with a time at which the second sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects; and

determine a length of the vehicle based on the comparison of the time the first sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects with the time the second sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects.

8. (New) The system of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to:

calculate a location of the vehicle on a guideway based on the sensor data generated by one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor.

9. (New) The system of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to:

calculate a speed of the vehicle based on the sensor data generated by one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor.

10. (New) The system of claim 9, wherein the vehicle comprises two or more cars, and the controller is further configured to:

identify at least two cars of the two or more cars as being a married pair based on a detected signal communicated between the at least two cars;

count a quantity of married pairs of cars included in the vehicle;

calculate the length of the vehicle based on the quantity of married pairs of cars; and

verify the length of the vehicle by comparing (1) the length of the vehicle calculated based on the comparison of the time the first sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects with the time the second sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects with (2) the length of the vehicle based on the quantity of married pairs of cars.

1 1. (New) The system of claim 7, wherein at least one object of the plurality of objects comprises a static portion configured to indicate information does not change and a dynamic portion configured to indicate information that is changeable based on an instruction received from one or more of the controller or a wayside control system communicatively coupled with the at least one object.

12. (New) The system of claim 1 1 , wherein the dynamic portion is configured to display one or more of a switch attribute, an authorized speed for a guideway section along which the vehicle is configured to travel, or a connected path of a next section of the guideway along which the vehicle is configured to travel.

13. (New) The system of claim 1 1 , wherein the dynamic portion comprises one or more of a seven segments character display, a QR code display or an RF transmitter.

14. (New) The system of claim 7, wherein at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor comprises a radar detector, a LIDAR detector, a camera, or an IR detector.

15. (New) The system of claim 7, wherein the vehicle is a first vehicle on a guideway along which the vehicle is configured to travel, and at least one object of the plurality of objects is onboard a second vehicle on the guideway along which the first vehicle is configured to travel, or on a different guideway along which the second vehicle is configured to travel.

16. (New) A method, comprising:

detecting an object of a plurality of objects along a direction of movement of a vehicle based on sensor data generated by a first sensor on a first end of the vehicle; detecting the object of the plurality of objects along the direction of movement of the vehicle based on sensor data generated by a second sensor on a second end of the vehicle opposite the first end of the vehicle;

comparing, by a processor communicatively coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor, a time at which the first sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects with a time at which the second sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects; and

determining a length of the vehicle based on the comparison of the time the first sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects with the time the second sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects.

17. (New) The method of claim 16, further comprising:

calculating a location of the vehicle on a guideway based on the sensor data generated by one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor.

18. (New) The method of claim 16, further comprising:

calculating a speed of the vehicle based on the sensor data generated by one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor.

19. (New) The method of claim 18, wherein the vehicle comprises two or more cars, and the method further comprises: identifying at least two cars of the two or more cars as being a married pair based on a detected signal communicated between the at least two cars;

counting a quantity of married pairs of cars included in the vehicle;

calculating the length of the vehicle based on the quantity of married pairs of cars; and

verifying the length of the vehicle by comparing (1 ) the length of the vehicle calculated based on the comparison of the time the first sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects with the time the second sensor detected the object of the plurality of objects with (2) the length of the vehicle based on the quantity of married pairs of cars.

20. (New) The method of claim 16, wherein at least one object of the plurality of obj ects comprises a dynamic portion and a static portion, and the method further comprises: changing the dynamic portion of at least one object of the plurality of objects to indicate information that is based on an instruction received from one or more of the controller or a wayside control system communicatively coupled with the at least one obj ect,

21. (New) The method of claim 20, further comprising:

displaying, by way of the dynamic portion, one or more of a switch attribute, an authorized speed for a guideway section along which the vehicle is configured to travel, or a connected path of a next section of the guideway along which the vehicle is configured to travel.

22. (New) The method of claim 20, wherein the dynamic portion comprises one or more of a seven segments character display, a QR code display or an RF transmitter.

23. (New) The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor comprises a radar detector, a LIDAR detector, a camera, or an IR detector.

24. (New) The method of claim 16, wherein the vehicle is a first vehicle on a guideway along which the vehicle is configured to travel, and at least one object of the plurality of objects is onboard a second vehicle on the guideway along which the first vehicle is configured to travel, or on a different guideway along which the second vehicle is configured to travel.

25. (New) A system, comprising:

a first sensor on a first end of a vehicle having the first end and a second end, the first sensor being configured to generate corresponding sensor data based on a detected object of a plurality of objects along a direction of movement of the vehicle;

a second sensor on the second end of the vehicle, the second sensor being configured to generate corresponding sensor data based on the detected object of the plurality of objects; and

a controller coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor, the controller being configured to calculate a location of the vehicle on a guideway based on the sensor data generated by one or more of the first sensor or the second sensor,

wherein at least one object of the plurality of objects comprises a static portion configured to indicate information does not change and a dynamic portion configured to indicate information that is changeable based on an instruction received from one or more of the controller or a wayside control system communicatively coupled with the at least one object.

26. (New) The system of claim 25, wherein the vehicle comprises two or more cars, and the controller is further configured to:

identify at least two cars of the two or more cars as being a married pair based on one or more of a detected signal communicated between the at least two cars or a detected object of the plurality of objects being associated with one of the two or more cars, a relative speed between the at least two cars of the two or more cars is zero, and a distance between the two or more cars is within a preset range.